Free Ayurveda camp

The Departmentt of Shalya Tantra of Muniyal Institute of Ayurveda Medical Sciences, Manipal, will be conducting a free medical check up and treatment camp on Piles and Fissure in Ano from January 8 to 13 between 9 am and 4 pm at its premises. General public suffering from bleeding and pain while passing stools are requested to make use of this opportunity, stated a press release.

Austin Prabhu visits Heggade

Dr Austin D'Souza Prabhu, the first Indian origin Governor of Lions District 1A (Chicagoland, USA - Mother District of Lionism, where Lions movement came into existence and the headquarters of Lions International situated) visited Dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade at his residence in Dharmasthala. Maria Advertisers proprietor H R Alva and former student of Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) Law College, Mangaluru, had accompanied Dr Austin.
Austin was born (1950) and brought up in Nanthur, Mangaluru. He migrated to the US in 1981 and since then he resides in Chicago. Heggade hailed the services of Austin through Lions International and presented with him 'Abode of Dharma Dharmasthala' (Pictorial Information Book) and a memorial medal.

Poster presentation winners

Navaneetha and Eldhose Benny, fifth Pharm D students of Srinivas College of Pharmacy, Valachil, were declared winners of first prizes in scientific poster presentation and 'Pharma maze' competition respectively in the International conference on 'Evolving role of clinical Pharmacist' organised by Acharya and B M Reddy College of Pharmacy recently.

CDE prog held

A continuing dental education programme comprising a lecture and hands-on session on clinical chairside intraoral scanner was conducted by the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte Deemed to be University recently. The inaugural session was followed by a lecture session on Clinical Chairside Intraoral Scanner by Dr Soumia Mohan, Product and Application Specialist, Planmeca, India. The participants were briefed about the novel ultra-fast intraoral scanning to sophisticated designing and high-precision chairside milling, cutting edge planmeca FIT system which includes all the necessary tools for a completely integrated and digital workflow. In the hands on session Santhoshkumar, National Service Manager, Panmeca India, demonstrated the use of the intraoral scanner.

Selected for Atal Tinkering Lab

Dr N Shankara Adyanthaya Memorial Senior Secondary School, Nitte has been selected for the award of grant-in-aid by the Government of India for the establishment of Atal Tinkering Lab, at Nitte. The Tinkering Lab aims to create scientific temper and cultivate the spirit of curiosity and innovation among young minds. Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) is a workspace where young minds get hands on do- it-yourself mode and learn innovative skills. The main vision of ATL is to 'Cultivate one million children in India as innovators'.